Grade 1 Reading Foundation Curriculum Resources
Explore building a strong reading foundation with our Reading Foundation curriculum resources designed for elementary school children. Covering various aspects of reading, these resources provide a comprehensive approach to developing essential skills for successful reading comprehension.
Curriculum Resources Results
Long Vowel Flower
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Inflectional Endings
This first-grade worksheet focuses on inflectional word endings, specifically -ed and -ing. Students are provided with b...
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Buzzing for Homophones
This homophones board game is a fun way for your students to practice this skill. Students will roll the die and move fo...
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Consonant Digraphs Sh and Ch
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Consonant Digraph Spinner
This fun sheet is perfect for practicing consonant digraphs. Students will spin the spinner and write words that start w...
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Closed Syllables
This ELA worksheet is a great way to practice decoding two syllable words with short vowel sounds. Students will separat...
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Silent E Apple Sort
This worksheet on spelling is the perfect way to practice silent e! Students will read the words on the apples and add t...
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Phonics—One Syllable Sort
This worksheet on one-syllable words is a great way to practice reading and decoding words that have a single-syllable. ...
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Consonant Digraphs
This consonant digraph worksheet is a great way to practice this skill! Students are given images and words that are mis...
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Phonics—Silent E Worms!
This worksheet on final e is a great way introduction to this skill. Worms with words on them are illustrated across the...
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Inflectional Endings Board Game
This board game on inflectional endings is a fun way to practice this concept. Students will roll the die, move forward,...
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Phonics—Open Syllables
This worksheet on two-syllable words is a great way to practice decoding and identifying open syllables. Students are gi...
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Short A Vowel
This worksheet on short a sound words is a great way to practice identifying words that have this short vowel sound. Stu...
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One Syllable Words in the Fairy Garden
This worksheet will help students to practice sounding out CVC words with short medial vowels. Students must make their ...
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My Day in the City
This short story about a day in the city is perfect for practicing oral reading skills. Students will record themselves ...
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Short Story on Birds
This short story about a girl and her bird feeder is perfect for practicing reading comprehension. Students will read th...
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Socks & Spelling
This worksheet on irregularly spelled words is a great way to practice those tricky words that many students struggle wi...
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Phonemes—Medial Sound
This worksheet on single-syllable words asks students to identify the medial vowel sound. Students are given a word as ...
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Kangaroo Hop—One Syllable Board Game
This fun board game will help students to practice sounding out one syllable words with long and short vowels. Students ...
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Sounding It Out With Dinos—CVC Words
This worksheet will help students to practice sounding out CVC words with short medial vowels. Students must sound out t...
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Short Story—Fairies in the Garden
This short story about a day in the fairy garden is perfect for practicing reading comprehension. Students will read the...
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2—Syllable Words — Magic E
This worksheet is a great way to practice two syllable words with magic e. Students will complete the words by adding a ...
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Vowel Teams— ai and ay
This worksheet on vowel teams focuses on ai and ay. Students will read the words in the bubbles-- ay words get colored i...
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Short Story—Shelly's Day at Grandma and Grandpa's House
This short story about a day at grandma and grandpa's house is perfect for practicing reading comprehension. Students wi...
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Word Search for Tricky Spelling Words
This word search contains some tricky spelling words! Students must find the irregularly spelled words in the word searc...
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Phonics—Two Syllable Sort
This word sort will help students practice their syllables. Students will read the words on the apples and sort them int...
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Fishing for One—Syllable Words
This worksheet on decoding one-syllable words is perfect for practicing this skill. Students will read the words on the ...
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Phonemes
This worksheet on single-syllable words asks students to identify the beginning, middle, and final sound of each word. S...
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Initial Sounds—Phonics
This worksheet on beginning sounds will ask students to identify the initial sound of each image shown. Students will ci...
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Medial Sounds—Phonics
This worksheet on single-syllable CVC words asks students to find the missing short medial vowel. Students are given a p...
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Poem What Do I See?
This sweet poem is a great way to practice rate and expression. Students will read the poem out loud with the option of ...
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Inflectional Ending: ed
This worksheet is a great way to practice the inflectional ending -ed. Students will read the words on the flowers that ...
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Animal—Letter Scramble
This worksheet will help students to practice identifying the beginning, middle, and ending sound in one-syllable words....
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Short Story—Monty the Moose
This short story about Monty the Moose is perfect for practicing reading comprehension. Students will read the short pas...
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Phonics—Counting Syllables
This activity will help students practice counting syllables. Students will read the words on the picture and write out ...
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Phonics—Count Syllables
This activity will help students practice counting syllables. Students will read the words on the picture and write out ...
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Sarah's Birthday—Emergent Reader text
This short story is perfect for early readers! Students will read the short passage that contains common sight words and...
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Vowel Teams—Ee and Ea
This worksheet focuses on the RF.1.3 Foundational Skills standard for 1st grade students to "Know final -e and common vo...
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Buzzing for Long and Short Vowels!
This fun board game on long vs short vowels is a fun way to practice this concept. Students will roll the dice, move for...
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Final Sounds—Phonics
This worksheet on final sounds will ask students to identify the final sound of each image shown. Students will circle t...
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Decoding One—Syllable Words
This worksheet on decoding one-syllable words is perfect for practicing this concept. Students will match the words to t...
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Phonics—Syllable Word Sort
This word sort will help students practice their syllables. Students will read the words on the balls and sort them into...
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Misspelled Madness
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John and Molly's Beach Day—Short Story
This short story is perfect for early readers! Students will read the short passage that contains common sight words and...
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Kitty the Cat—Reading Emergent-Reader Texts
This short story is perfect for early readers! Students will read the short passage that contains common sight words and...
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Mb Words
Embark on an learning journey into the world of "mb" words with this interactive worksheet. Students will learn words t...
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Phonics Kn Sound
This worksheet is designed to engage elementary students in an enjoyable and interactive activity centered around "kn" w...
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Alphabet Letter Recognition
Practice identifying and matching uppercase and lowercase letters with this interactive first grade activity aligned to ...
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Common Spelling Patterns
Practice identifying and using common spelling patterns and frequently occurring irregular words in this engaging first ...
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Phonetic Spelling
Practice spelling unfamiliar words using phonetic awareness and spelling conventions in this engaging first-grade activi...
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